Monday, July 2, 2007

Rocobo perfects the "annoying robot" concept

The Roboco is a robot toy that seems to exist for no other purpose than to annoyflesh-based lifeforms, with its whole premise being to "react" to theowner's mood. For example, if you're angry and shout at it, it'll flapits wings and aggravate you even more: if you're nice and stroke it,it'll aggravate you again by "singing," or displaying a smile graphic-- let's just say at least it can't compose lullabies. At ￥1,130(under $9) it won't exactly break the bank, but if you're just going tothrow it out the window within five minutes of buying it, you might aswell hold onto your bucks.Article Link (Engadget)